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  • There are several jerky-loving men in our family and I love buying local. Unfortunately, our local shop is too often out of jerky, which is what happened yesterday when I wanted a birthday gift. After an online search turned up Desert Blend in Pflugerville, I took a chance and emailed Bruce. He responded quickly and was able to meet me this morning to deliver every one of the flavors I requested. He wouldn't even accept the generous tip I offered for the last-minute arrangements! So, I bought more jerky. Bruce is outstanding in customer service! Since the jerky is a gift, I will ask the recipient to leave a review here or give me feedback on the flavors so I can update the review. If the jerky is half as good as the service, it will be excellent, indeed!

    — Pat H. via Yelp 11/25/2019

  • Hands down best beef jerky I have ever had! The spicy is soooo freaking good my fiancé and I need to stock up on it whenever we come back to Austin to visit family. All of it is hand made and the owner is super nice and helpful when you are trying to find the flavor that is just right for you. If you are ever on hwy 360 and you see the stand, you must pull over and give it a try.

    — Isaac B. from Denver, CO via Yelp 3/1/2015

  • I love this jerky. Anyone who knows me, knows my obsession with jerky and knows I only like the real deal - (no Jack Links BS) and Desert Blend is definitely that. Spicy is, by far, my favorite.

    — Travis P. via Yelp 6/19/2012

  • For me I only write reviews for two reasons great product/service or horrible product/service I firmly believe the majority of people will fall in between the majority of the time. This review is because of a great product!!! I am a military vet and I am working in Iraq. My wife found this guy and decided to buy me some to send me some. 5 different flavors she sent me. I have tried 4 so far regular, chipotle, spicy, and one he calls Habañero. I have renamed Habañero to fire mouth of death.... We will get to that later. When I first tried regular my first thought was it was too salty. But I am guessing that he marinades his jerky by hand because the rest of the bag was great. It had a good flavor and wasn't too tough. Chipotle was a little spicy and plenty of flavor. It's the kind of jerky you'd love to have in the field or while hiking. A good cold drink to go with it would be nice. Spicy was about as spicy as chipotle but not as flavorful. That is not saying it wasn't tasty. It was GREAT taste awesome but you can tell they use a few more ingredients to make chipotle. No this is my posted review of it: Fire mouth of death!!! Aka Habañero. This was HOT!!! I took a bite and started to chew. First thought was wow this is good. About 2.3 seconds later a feeling came over my body I can't say if this was shock or panic but it was something!!! For the next few minutes I tried to get what felt like napalm off my tongue. I tried water (nope) milk (nope) (full sweat by now...) I wiped my tongue on a washcloth (nope) had a bite sized snickers with in reach put it on my tongue and let it sit there. I can't tell you if the snickers worked or my body started shutting down. I do know when I "came to" I had a chocolate droll and a slight burning in my mouth still. I have not touched the bag again. If you love HOT this is perfect and I will try it again but it's not for the faint of heart!!! Next will be Jalapeño and I expect it to be as great as the rest. All in all I'd say buy this product. He really needs to be marketed on a bigger scale maybe go on Shark Tank. If the don't give him an offer he should give them Habañero as a parting gift.

    — Richard C. of Austin, TX via Yelp 2/26/2015

  • I found Bruce on yelp! when I was looking to send someone some beef jerky and he called me within a few hours of sending him an email (plus in my book). Honestly, I was thinking "Hmm I'm giving a person my credit card info that I've never met in hopes he is going to send what I ordered...what could go wrong?!" Bruce was awesome as he sent a mixture of his jerky goodness to good ol' Lambeau Field and it arrived quickly and let's just say, everyone there realizes what real jerky tastes like! Anyway, can't say enough good things about Bruce and the jerky! You won't be disappointed!!

    — Sara L. via Yelp 3/11/2020